Before you again save anything with that file name...

Look in the folder (using Windows, not Word) for something that says Backup
of [my file].wbk
If you find something like that, change the name to have an extension of
..doc.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"E.ALAIN" wrote in message
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while i was saving my written work in microsoft ward, i made such a big
mistake by giving it a same name of an old file. now i am trying to get an
old file back but i could not find it.
could you please tell me how can I get it back ?